Appreciating having an extra day to relax this weekend- phew! School has been back in session for a week and a half now, and already I can see it's going to be a long semester, but I don't expect to have the "challenges" I had a year ago, or three years ago, so that's a good thing. Hard to believe this is my fourth year teaching! Wow, how time ( Read more... )

I'm thinking to post more in my other blog, and phase out this one...

Save this link! And check up on me there! I get better pics on it anyway...

A Day in the Educational Life of Ms. G

BTW, congrats to drunken_buzzard on his new job!!!! Yay!!!

Ok, I'm stumped. What animal could possibly be able to climb a chicken-wire fence, get into our garden, and ONLY eat the beautiful bean plants down to the stem? WTF?! They were so big and leafy and beautiful! Now they're completely gone! Ugh! And there's no sign of any burrows in the garden... The only way something could have gotten in was ( Read more... )

There's one outside now- don't you love them? I think they're my favorite thing about spring and summer. Storms are SO COOL ( Read more... )

So lately I have been thinking a lot about all that I need to do in the coming month or two to get ready for my new job. It seems the first thing I have to do is find a place to live. And in order to do that, I have to actually go down to NC again and sign a lease with someone. Joy. And so, looking at my calendar, I realize the only time for me ( Read more... )

Day 1: We drove south from 8 till 2 am, then checked into a hotel ( Read more... )

I'm back from vacation- it was both fun, and disastrous, but in the end, a trip worth the taking because....

I GOT A JOB!
and best of all, it's exactly what I wanted. High school Biology, block scheduling, very supportive staff and principal, nice community, well-stocked science equipment and rooms, and the school even has a special academy to ( Read more... )

It's here! In another hour or so, S and I are hitting the road for our official summer vacation to North Carolina and Virginia. Of course, the first few days will be all business for me, but I have a feeling something's going to happen! I have two interviews/meetings with schools I have previously phone-interviewed with tomorrow afternoon in NC ( Read more... )

I got all of S's birthday presents finally! I was really struggling with what to give him, since I gave my best idea away to his mom. I ended up getting him a whole bunch of gifts on a jungle/monkey theme, since he is my monkey ( Read more... )

It must be really difficult to be the person who calls applicants, or writes them, to tell them, "I'm sorry, you're just not good enough." but make it sound like that person is an excellent, and highly qualified person. I can appreciate this, because it happened to me ( Read more... )